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     passengers across the straits, in winter season, to 
     
     Cape Tormentine, provided for. An Act concerning ,‘ 
     
     the property of the Methodist Church at Charlotte- . 
     
     town. Glebe and school lands authorised to be sold. 
     
     George Wright, President. The issue of certain 
     
     promissory notes restrained. Part ofthe ‘ ‘ old Char- 
     
     lottetown road ” closed. Indecent bathing prevent- 
     
     ed in the waters contiguous to Charlottetown, and 
     
     the old Episcopal Church in Charlottetown sold. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1837, under Lieut. Governor Harvey, seed 
     
     grain and potatoes were distributed to certain poor 
     
     settlers. The appointment of' a sheriff to each 
     
     County authorised. Steam mill company in Char- 
     
     lottetown incorporated. Sites for engine houses 
     
     contemplated. Herrings and alewives taken notice 
     
     of. The duty of surveyors examined. Harbor and 
     
     ballast master appointed. Seats of members of 
     
     the Assembly disturbed. Titles by Sheriff‘s to lands 
     
     confirmed. The winter season of Charlottetown 
     
     protected from Horses. Payment of interest on 
     
     W'arrants provided for. Royalty roads legalized. 
     
     Pilot duties explained. Schools encouraged, useful 
     
     inventions registered. Grain and pulse officers ap- 
     
     pointed. Pounds made more effectual. Absconding 
     
     debtors non-plussed. A coal meter appointed. 
     
     Bread baked by rule. The Bank of British North 
     
     America is allowed to sue and be sued. The expor- 
     
     tation ofgrain, meal and potatoes prohibited. The 
     
     ordnance service propertyinvested. Avoiding law- 
     
     suits suggested. General assessment levied. ln- 
     
     crease ofthe revenue provided for, and moneys for 
     
     the service ofthe year appropriated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1838, under Lieut. Governor FitzRoy, the high- 
     
     ways and ferries, the interest on VVarmnts, and as- 
     
     sessment ofinhabitants, were looked after. Accidents 
     
     by fire better prevented. Georgetown wharf regula- 
     
     ted. Sub-collectors ofCustoms provided with sala— 
     
     ries. lighthouses maintained, and buoys and beacons 
     
     erected. Election laws amended, and grist mill re- 
     
     gulations established.